A race condition was discovered in ext4_write_inline_data_end in fs/ext4/inline.c in the ext4 subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.13.13.

Description

A race condition was discovered in ext4_write_inline_data_end in fs/ext4/inline.c in the ext4 subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.13.13.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.31% · top 77% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-362 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-362 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?id=9e445093e523f3277081314c864f708fd4bd34aa (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• FEDORA-2021-4ca1b080bb (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2021-60f1d2eba1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• DSA-4978 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211004-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20211015 [SECURITY] [DLA 2785-1] linux-4.19 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20211216 [SECURITY] [DLA 2843-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 4 Aug 2024, 02:44 UTC.